Man dies as shop roof collapses in Jeddah

(MENAFN - Arab News) A man was killed and another injured when the roof of a shop collapsed in the Al-Jamia district in east Jeddah on Thursday afternoon.

Four team participated in the rescue operation under Brig. Salem Al-Matrafi, director of Jeddah Civil Defense, and Col. Ghazi Al-Ghamdi, director of operations. Members of the search team found the body of the man under the debris.

"One man was killed and another injured in the incident. The injured man was rushed to hospital," said Col. Saeed Sarhan, spokesman of the Civil Defense in Makkah. He said the rescue team searched under the rubble to make sure no one was trapped.

The dead man was not identified at the time of going to press. An investigation into the incident is under way.

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